I read his book 'Moneyball' a few years back in college and thoroughly enjoyed it so when I saw this on the bookshelf I had to pick it up and at least read the first few pages. And after I was nearly brought to tears on the floor of the Walden Bookstore, I decided it was well worth more than the 20 bucks. It's a super easy read, one in which I completed well before my flight home from Eugene was over yesterday. Michael Lewis basically kept a written record after each of his three children were born and this is what he learned from each.
A few excerpts: (might be funnier with the rest of the book context)
-"This struck me as a French twist on the business of preying on the insecurities of new parents. If you have a gift for frightening new parents, your fortune in this world is secure."
-"At some point in the last few decades, the American male sat down at the negotiating table with the American female and -let us be frank- got fleeced."
-"Women may smile at a man pushing a baby stroller, but it is with the gentle condescension of a high officer of an army toward a village that surrendered without a fight."
-"The first rule of fatherhood is that if you don't see what the problem is, you are the problem."
-"Must the 7 year-old mind discover for itself every possible way to offend other people before it can settle on a more sociable approach?"
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